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Chris Van Hollen

Chris Van Hollen

D MD · Senate

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Policy Effects

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Employee Ownership Employment Services Employment Training Energy Environment Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Estate Planning Ethnic And Cultural Communities Ethnic/Cultural Groups Events & Tourism Executive Agencies External Parties Families Of Violence Survivors Family Health Information Centers Farm Credit Programs Farm Product Warehousing And Storage Farm Service Agency Federal Administration Federal Appropriations Federal Budget Offices Federal Budget Programs Federal Civil Service Federal Courts Federal Emergency Management Agency Federal Land Management Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Federal Programs Federal Regulation Federal Regulatory Agencies Federal Trade Commission Federal Transit Administration Fiduciary Services Finance Financial Advisory Services Financial Services Firearms Firearms Dealers Firearms Import & Distribution Firearms Industry Firearms Owners Firefighting Services Fish Processing Industry Fisheries Fisheries Industry Fisheries Management Fishing & Forestry Food & Beverage Foreign Actors Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs Programs Foreign Agents Foreign Allies Foreign Assistance Programs Foreign Businesses Foreign Countries Foreign Entities Foreign Entities Engaged In Prohibited/Notifiable Technologies Foreign Issuers Foreign Organizations Foreign Political Actors Foreign Private Issuers Foreign Renewable Fuel Producers Foreign Visitors Foster Care Programs Fruit And Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers Fuel Distribution Companies Future Beneficiaries Gambling And Betting Services Gambling Industry Participants Gaming Gender-Based Violence Survivors General Contractors And Suppliers General Foreign Entities General Industry General Industry In China General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers General Public General Services Administration Gig Economy / Rideshare & Delivery Services Global Business Global Fisheries Industry Government Government Contractors Government Employees Governments And Aid Organizations Green Building Services Green Finance Gun Owners HVAC & Air Quality HVAC Industry Health Care Health Care Providers Health Professionals Health Programs Health Resources And Services Administration Healthcare Hemp Industry High-Income Earners High-Income Individuals Highway Infrastructure Highway Trust Fund Historical Aircraft Preservation Organizations Historically Disadvantaged Groups Home Health Care Home Health Care Services Homeless Assistance Grants Homeless Service Providers Homeowners Hospice Care Hospitality And Tourism Industry Households Human Trafficking Related Entities Humanitarian Organizations IT Services Illegal Activities Illegal Drug Trafficking Immigrant Communities Immigrant Populations Immigration Indian Health Service Indigenous Affairs Indigenous Communities Individual And Family Services Individual Contributors Individual Investors Individual Savers Information Security Information Services Infrastructure Management Intellectual Property International Affairs International 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Industry Security Forces Security Services Self-Employment Sexual Assault Coalitions Shipbuilding Small Business Social Security Social Services Social Welfare Space Agency Space Industry Space Launch Services Specialty Medical Practitioners Sporting Goods Stores Sports & Recreation State & Local Government State Department Office Of Inspector General State Regulation State TANF Agencies State Unemployment Agencies Student Borrowers Students And Families Sugar Industry Supermarkets And Other Grocery Stores Syrian Opposition Groups TANF TANF Applicants TANF Recipients Taiwan Tanker Security Program Tanning Services Tax Administration Tax Advisory Tax Preparation Services Tax-Exempt Organizations Taxpayers Technology Telecommunications Telehealth Services Temporary Residents Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Textile Industry Tobacco Products Tourism Tourism & Hospitality Trade Trade Associations Transit Agencies Transnational Criminal Organizations Transnational Organized Crime And Foreign 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sres564-119

Cosponsor In Committee

A resolution recognizing the ability of solar, storage, and wind to quickly and cheaply meet United States power demand growth.

1 clause Dec 17, 2025

sres561-119

Cosponsor In Committee

A resolution recognizing that particulate matter pollution can cause heart attacks, asthma, strokes, and premature death.

1 clause Dec 17, 2025
Government

sres563-119

Cosponsor In Committee

A resolution affirming that the Federal Government should support school district investment in clean school buses.

1 clause Dec 17, 2025

s3512-119

Cosponsor In Committee

Medicare Investment and Gun Violence Prevention Act

2 clauses Dec 16, 2025
Healthcare Manufacturing

s3302-119

Cosponsor In Committee

Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act of 2025

2 clauses Dec 2, 2025
Pharmaceuticals Healthcare Government Research & Science

s3212-119

Primary Sponsor In Committee

AIM Act

9 clauses Nov 19, 2025
Retail Law Enforcement Government General Public

s2503-119

Cosponsor Passed Senate

ROTOR Act

32 clauses Jul 29, 2025
Military Rotorcraft Operations Defense Government

s2444-119

Cosponsor In Committee

End Polluter Welfare Act of 2025

41 clauses Jul 24, 2025
Manufacturing Research & Science Mining Oil & Gas

s1985-119

Cosponsor In Committee

Safe Operations of Shared Airspace Act of 2025

12 clauses Jun 5, 2025
Government Manufacturing Transportation General Public

s1330-119

Cosponsor In Committee

BRAIN Act

10 clauses Apr 8, 2025
Education Medical And Diagnostic Laboratories Pharmaceuticals Healthcare

s1241-119

Cosponsor In Committee

Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025

16 clauses Apr 1, 2025
Trade Government Manufacturing Financial Services

s1214-119

Cosponsor In Committee

Heating and Cooling Relief Act

10 clauses Mar 31, 2025
Government Households Electric Power Oil & Gas

s852-119

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes.

11 clauses Mar 5, 2025
Labor Government Gig Economy / Rideshare & Delivery Services Small Business

s4406-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To eliminate certain subsidies for fossil-fuel production.

40 clauses May 23, 2024
Education Transportation Mining Oil & Gas

s4110-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To reauthorize the African Growth and Opportunity Act.

9 clauses Apr 11, 2024
Foreign Entities Civic Organizations Government Manufacturing

s2652-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to ensure that all firearms are traceable, and for other purposes.

3 clauses Jul 27, 2023

s1-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To expand Americans’ access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes.

202 clauses Jul 25, 2023
Nonprofits Political Organizations Government State & Local Government

s2016-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes.

17 clauses Jun 15, 2023
Healthcare Government Community Health Centers Hospice Care

s1624-118

Cosponsor Reported

To require certain civil penalties to be transferred to a fund through which amounts are made available for the Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program at the National Institutes of Health, and for other purposes.

15 clauses May 16, 2023
Education Government Manufacturing Research & Science

s1271-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To impose sanctions with respect to trafficking of illicit fentanyl and its precursors by transnational criminal organizations, including cartels, and for other purposes.

65 clauses Apr 25, 2023
Nonprofits Government Transnational Criminal Organizations Manufacturing
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